Check-rower rope for corn-planters



(N-0 Model.)

J. W. HUDSON. Check-Bower Hope for Corn-Planter.

Patented May 18, 1880.,

Aw p MZIZMJEJ.

flwerzian IL PETERS, PHOTD-LITHOGR APHER. WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. HUDSON, OF WELLINGTON, ILLINOIS.

CHECK-ROWER ROPE FOR CORN- PLANTERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,787, dated May 18,18 80.

' Application filed March 27,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOH W. HUDsoN, ofWellington, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois, haveinvented 'certainlnew and useful Improvements in Check -'Rower Ropes forCorn-Planters; and I do hereby (leclare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My'invention relates to a rope and attached button especially adaptedfor service upon a check-rower machine or upon that class of machinesfor planting grain in which a rope anchored at each side of afield isemployed to operate the feed-bar of a traveling planter, and the noveltyconsists in the construction and arrangement'of such rope in connectionwith the operating-button and the peculiar construction of said button,as will be more fully hereinafter set forth. 7

1n ropes of this kind it is an important desideratum to avoid andprevent elasticity in the rope, as such elasticity would not only tendto clog the feed or seeding mechanism,but it would cause deviating rows.To provide for the avoidance of such deleterious results I employ, inconnection with a button constructed as hereinafter described, a ropehavin g one or more of its strands formed with a wire core wound whilestretched or extended with textile or fibrous material, as hereinaftermore clearly set forth.

In the construction of such strands the wire should be wrapped with thefibrous material while said wire is upon an extended strain, and

the strands twisted, braided, or otherwise formed into the rope while atleast one wire i extended to its utmost.

The rope, whether one or more strands having wire cores are employed,should be sufficiently facile to allow a curvature around asmall lug,stud, or the like.

In carrying out my invention I employ, in

connection with the rope constructed after the manner set forth, abutton or lug, the same being of metal, made in one piece, and having acentral stud, around which the rope is locked in such amanner as tosecureitin any desired position by the bight of such rope upon thecentral stud. v I

As shown, the button consists of a cylindrical body having an open faceand a rigid stud arranged diametrically between the solid portion andopen portion. This button may be constructed so as to be applied orremoved at will to or from any portion of the extended rope; and to thisend the jaws forming the lateral sides may be open or snap-catched,which I am aware is not new.

The rope passes around the stud and becomes locked thereto by reason ofthe bight. The button is thus fixed at will, and may be removed ordetached at pleasure.

Figure l is a perspective View of one of the strands of my rope. Fig. 2is a similar view of the rope with my button attached. Fig. 3 is avertical longitudinal section of the button, and Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the button detached.

Referring to the drawings, Arepresents the metal core of wire employedas a strand-core,

and B the fibrous covering therefor.

0 represents the button or lug, adjustably secured to said rope. Thebutton 0 consists of the solid portion 0 and the interiorly-beveledwings 0 between which is the open face 0 From the solid portion 0,extending toward the mouth of the open face, between the wings G is alug or stud, D, around which the rope is adapted to operate.

The button operates the feed-bar in'the ordinary. manner.

What I claim is v 1. The button (3, consisting of the solid portion 0,having a stud, D, projecting into the open space 0 and beveled win gs 0as shown and described.

2. The herein-described check-rower rope for corn-planters, consistingof the strands A B, constructed as described, the button 0 0 G thebeveled wings O and lug D, as and for the purposes set forth.

I In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing I have hereunto set myhand this20th day of March, 1880.

JOHN W. HUDSON.

Witnesses:

- R. M. HAMILTON J os. H. POTTER.

